Tag: CFB25
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State of the Program: SMU Mustangs
Head Coach: Rhett Lashlee is entering his 3rd year with the Mustangs program. He has a 18-9 record. A challenging year 1 was followed by a quick rise in year 2 where the Mustangs won the AAC championship. Now they move on to bigger ventures in the ACC. Program Outlook: It’s a new era for…
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State of the Program: West Virginia Mountaineers
Head Coach: Neal Brown is in his 6th year as the Mountaineers head coach with a 31-29 record. The first 4 years were a struggle as they battled around .500 each season but he kept his “trust the climb” motto and last season it paid dividends with a 9-4 record and Duke’s Mayo Bowl win.…
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State of the Program: UTEP Miners
Head Coach: Scotty Walden is entering his first year as the head coach of the Miners. He came over after having success at Austin Peay and has already brought a new energy to the program. You can read more about Walden and my hire grade for him here: https://updogsportstalk.com/2024/02/14/college-football-coach-hire-grades-utep/ Program Outlook: UTEP has struggled a…
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State of the Program: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
Head Coach: Dave Clawson is entering his 11th year as the head coach of Wake Forest with a 63-61 record. This is weighed down by a 6-18 record his first 2 years but they recently hit a downslide with a 4-8 record this past year. Otherwise it’s been very successful. Prior to last season Wake…
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State of the Program: FIU Golden Panthers
Head Coach: Mike McIntyre is entering his 3rd year as the head coach of the Golden Panthers with a 8-16 record. He’s had success at previous stops, but is still looking for his breakthrough season here. Program Outlook: It’s murky at best for FIU. They’ve had many stretches of struggles in their history, including the…
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State of the Program: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Head Coach: Sonny Cumbie is entering his 3rd year as the head coach of the Bulldogs with a 6-18 record. It felt like he was going to hit his breakthrough last season when they opened with a 3-3 record (2-0 in conference), but they absolutely collapsed down the stretch with an 0-6 finish. Louisiana Tech…
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State of the Program: Western Michigan Broncos
Head Coach: Lance Taylor is in his 2nd year with the program he has a 4-8 record. Year 1 was a bit of a reset year so we’ll begin to see his impact this season. Program Outlook: Western Michigan is an interesting program. They see themselves as capable of winning MAC championships, and they’ve competed…
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State of the Program: Toledo Rockets
Head Coach: Jason Candle is somehow entering his 9th year with the program. He has a 65-35 record and has won 2 MAC championships, plus made it to another with the Rockets. They got into a funk during the middle of his time here with some strange seasons (injuries, one score losses, Covid) but have…
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State of the Program: Virginia Cavaliers
Head Coach: Tony Elliott is entering his 3rd year with the program with a 6-16 record. It’s been a challenging tenure so far with them trying to find their footing on the field and the tragic incident that ended their 2022 season prematurely. With a full normal offseason under his belt he will be hoping…
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State of the Program: Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns
Head Coach: Michael Desormeaux is in his 3rd season with the program with a 13-14 record, he also coached their bowl game in 2021 that helped cap off a 13-1 season and top 20 finish in the AP poll. He is a former star QB with the program starting for them in 2007 and 2008.…
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